Canadian Olympic runner Cam Levins breaks national mark

Levins shatters indoor 5,000-metre record at Boston meet.

Canadian Cam Levins (centre, in 2012 photo) broke the national indoor 5,000-metre record Friday.

By:The Canadian Press, Published on Fri Jan 17 2014

BOSTON—Cam Levins shattered the Canadian record in the indoor 5,000 metres Thursday night.

The Olympic distance runner from Black Creek, B.C., crossed the finish in 13 minutes, 19.16 seconds at the Boston University multi-event meet, breaking the standard of 13:25.87 set in 1997 by Jason Bunston — who congratulated Levins via Twitter. Levins is gearing up for the 3,000-metre race at the world indoor championships, starting March 7 in Sopot, Poland.